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How to Play to Your Company's StrengthsCompanies tend to be predisposed toward sales or technology, but rarely both. Still, you can make the most of your company's DNA.
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Discern your DNA: Todd Vernon of Lijit Networks
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Q:Companies tend to be predisposed toward sales or technology, but rarely both. How do you make the most of your company's DNA?
A:Todd Vernon became something of an expert on company DNA by misjudging his own business, in a big way. A $6 million way. But more on that later.
The founder and CEO of Boulder, Colo.-basedLijit网络s, Vernon believes that most entrepreneurs have an aptitude for either the technology or the business side of the business. If you're an expert at one, he warns, don't assume you'll be great at the other. "You need to really understand, as an entrepreneur, the things you don't know," he says.
